Hawken rifle
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hawken-rifle-168-10897619
title:
Hawken rifle
text:
The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and a trade rifle for fur trappers, traders, clerks, and hunters. It was displaced after the American Civil War by breechloaders and lever action rifles. The Hawken rifle was made and sold by Jacob and Samuel Hawken. Trained by their father as rifle smi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Muzzle-loading rifle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawken_rifle
date created:
2007-01-16T20:44:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T03:07:06Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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